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Simple imgur iPhone Uploader
Recently I’ve been toying with the idea of adding image uploading to Thoughtback. One easy way to do that is to use another image host and just post a link in the thought. I decided to try out imgur because … Continue reading
How to create a custom cocoa framework
I was recently trying to rip out some code from the Thoughtback app into it’s own framework so that I could eventually open source when we decide to make our API public. I’ve used frameworks plenty of times, but I’ve never … Continue reading
Startups in Michigan?
So recently, I’ve been doing a lot of entrepreneury stuff with Thoughtback. My first exposure to the Lansing area entrepreneurial community was at Startup Weekend Lansing. At startup weekend, Thoughtback won the “Most popular” and “coolest” startup. We even got … Continue reading
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Learning from the Mac App Store
When I submitted my apps to the Mac App Store, I expected to get a few hundred downloads because the store was new. I thought every Mac developer on the planet was going to be submitting apps, but somehow, only … Continue reading
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Mac App Store – Holy Crap
Today was the launch day for the Mac App Store. If you don’t know what it is, it’s basically the same as the iPhone App Store, but for OSX. A lot of developers have been looking forward to it and … Continue reading
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Using blocks and Grand Central Dispatch for asynchronous web calls
Today at work, we were talking about building a REST framework and someone described how they made NSURLConnection behave synchronously. That seemed strange to me. Then, he told me that using Grand Central Dispatch made it easier to deal with … Continue reading
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Being a good Internet citizen.
Almost all the multimedia we consume today is free. Sure, there are websites that cost money, subscription cable, and satellite radio, but in general, we don’t pay for most of that stuff. So how do these services continue to operate? … Continue reading
Thoughtback, get your thoughts back.
This past weekend I went to an event called Startup Weekend Lansing. Basically, you take a bunch of people with ideas and a bunch of people with the skills to build those ideas and put them all in a room … Continue reading
How to use a high res application icon on the iPhone 4
One of the iPhone 4’s coolest feature is the retina display. It is just so much more clear and crisp than any other screen I’ve ever seen. The clarity of the screen makes it extra important for you to use … Continue reading
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How to take advantage of the iPhone 4 retina display
The “retina display” on the iPhone 4 is really awesome. Icons and photos are sharper than any screen I’ve ever seen. Obviously, I would want to take advantage of this in my own app. How did I go about doing … Continue reading